Elei Sinai
Elei Sinai was an Israeli settlement in the north of the Gaza Strip. In 2005, it had a population of 389. During the Gaza war, the site came under full operational control of the Israel Defense Forces and is currently used as a military outpost.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dugit and Shikma Reservoir.
Dugit
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dugit was an Israeli settlement located in the northern tip of the Gaza Strip closest to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in a mini-settlement bloc including Elei Sinai and Nisanit. Dugit is situated 2 km southwest of Elei Sinai.
Nisanit
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nisanit was the largest Israeli settlement in the northern tip of the Gaza Strip in a mini-settlement bloc including Elei Sinai and Dugit. While Nisanit was under the municipal authority of the Hof Aza Regional Council it was not physically in the Gush Katif bloc where the bulk of the 'Gush Katif' settlements were located. Nisanit is situated 3½ km southeast of Elei Sinai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zikim and Om al-Nasr.
Zikim
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Zikim is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2024, it had a population of 997. Zikim is situated 3½ km northeast of Elei Sinai.
Om al-Nasr
Village
Om al-Nasr or Al-Qaraya al-Badawiya is a Bedouin village within the northern Gaza governorate in the Gaza Strip. The population of the village is about 4,737 according to Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2017. Om al-Nasr is situated 3½ km southeast of Elei Sinai.
Beit Lahia
Town
Elei Sinai
- Type: Ruins
- Description: former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip
- Categories: Judea and Samaria community and historic site
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.58305° or 31° 34′ 59″ northLongitude
34.50247° or 34° 30′ 9″ eastPopulation
389Open location code
8G3PHGM2+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 504002234OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q917089
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Elei Sinai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألي سيناي”
- Czech: “Alei Sinai”
- Czech: “Elei Sinai”
- Czech: “Elej Sinaj”
- Dutch: “Elei Sinai”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الى سيناى”
- French: “Elei Sinaï”
- German: “Elei Sinai”
- Greek: “Ελέι Σινάι”
- Hebrew: “אלי סיני”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elei Sinai”
- Norwegian: “Elei Sinai”
- Persian: “الی سینای”
- Turkish: “Elei Sinai”
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